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children at a distance from him and retired home again—after a space of time will have a longing desire to visit them, and see whether they are in health—what business they are pursuing—and what success affords them.—So this apostle—he wished to see how they florished in religion whom he had setted in a SS state. Whether they were alive in the graces of the spirit. Whether they exerted themselves to grow in religious knowledge and experience—and whether their who increased in numbers & purity—These things lay very near his heart. He wished to know how they were—and accordingly determined to go and see—A like concern is in all the people of God, they wish to know how their brethren do at a distance—the sweep and edification of the cSS lies near their hearts—They love Zion and feel disposed to say with the Amiss Let my right hand forget &s&s—